Who knows one?
Please cite/link your sources, if possible. In about a day, I will:
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asked Mar 16, 2010 at 3:03
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Next: judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/420/shnayim-mi-yodeya– Isaac Moses ♦Apr 24, 2017 at 14:43
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Umm, 2 years later, and no one has gone with:
- One is Hashem, the Holy One, Blessed Be He, Creator of Heaven and Earth.
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1@IsaacMoses Oh, I hadn't intended it to be the actual lashon of the song, but if you prefer it that way, I'll gladly switch it.– HodofHodMay 15, 2012 at 4:23
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1No; this version's fine, and easier to understand, theologically.– Isaac Moses ♦May 15, 2012 at 4:24
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Brand spanking cool new jewish Q & A site.
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1=10
(cf. אבן עזרא לשמות ג:יד)
Shabbos 28b says that the bull that Adam Harishon brought as a sacrifice had one horn.
answered Jan 27, 2014 at 14:04
1 is the amount of wives you can have post Cheirem D'Rabbeinu Gershom in the communities that accepted it.
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2It's also the amount of husbands you can have in those communities.– Double AA ♦Jan 27, 2014 at 20:16
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3@DoubleAA No, I cannot have any husbands in any communities. Women, on the other hand...– Y e zJan 27, 2014 at 20:18
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1@DoubleAA oooh good diyuk/pilpul, "you," may be referring to the person who asked the question in this case Isaac Moses, so YEZ is correct "you" i.e., Isaac Moses, may only have one wife, while DoubleAA, as a comment, presumably is referring to YEZ, in which case DoubleAA is wrong. :) b'emes not good styling on either front anyway Feb 14, 2014 at 0:05
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1@DoubleAA I don't think I've ever said anything to contradict that statement. I once said that an androgynous having relations with himself is not a violation of any prohibition that has kares. Unlike the impossible case of sodomizing one's self. But we need not have this discussion again.– Y e zFeb 14, 2014 at 3:49
One is the number by which gematrias can be off and only elicit small groans.
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1This answer would be more valuable if you could edit in a source supporting it.– Isaac Moses ♦Feb 24, 2015 at 16:46
echad (1)=13 (aleph=1, chet=8, dalet=4) Thirteen are the midos of Hashem!
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That's Maharal. Showing how 13 goes to 1. 12 needs 1 to even it out to 13, to a complete 1. Like the 12 months need an extra to make 1 solar year (on average), or the 12 tribes need Jacob to declare "Shema Yisrael ... Hashem ECHAD."– ShalomMar 17, 2010 at 14:28
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One is the kapores of the aron.
The Kapores is unique. There are multiple krashim, adanim, and badim, the paroches had a pair, and every other kli was duplicated multiple times by Shlomo HaMelech except the aron (Moshav Zekenim Parshas Terumah 25:21). But the structure of the aron itself is similar to that of the mizbach hanechoshes - a wooden box covered with metal. The only differences are the size and orientation of the box!
Only the kapores and the menorah were hammered directly out of gold, but the Shlomo had 10 duplicates of the menorah made, but he could not do so for the aron and the Kapores.
So the only truly unique piece is the kapores. Why?
Because the two angels facing each other represent and reflect the relationship between Klal Yisroel and Hashem. (See Yuma 54a)
We have two sets of luchos - the whole and the broken. There is the tzintenes hamon that testifies to the chessed of Hashem, but Chazal say that the mon melted and was drunk by the animals so that the umos ha'olam could experience it. All of these fill the inside of the aron because they form the foundation for the kapores: the representation of the one truly unique thing in the briyah - Hashem's loving relationship with US!
Shallum son of Jabesh reigned as king for one month in Samaria (Kings II 15:13).
Ahazia of Judah reigned for one year, (Kings II 8:26).
1 torah was given to the jews on har sinai
